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Cannabis

padfun

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5. Well, I can get about any opiods,

Reply to virgista (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 11:09 PM

Mar 2016

but I am 62 and have several pain issues. I stopped taking the Norco and got a marijuana prescription instead. Now I just smoke weed (or edibles) when I need relief. My doctor asked me if I needed anything strong and I said no. I really want to be awake these last few years of my life.

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Study: War on Drugs Has Caused Global Health Crisis [View all] eridani Mar 2016 OP

Having to get permission from someone in the medical cartel... scscholar Mar 2016 #1

The war on prescription opioids is going to kill more people than it saves. virgista Mar 2016 #2

Well, I can get about any opiods, padfun Mar 2016 #5

And yes, long-term pain itself kills. padfun Mar 2016 #6

If evidence-based, pot, and e-cigs made with glycerin and propylene would be immediately legal, and jtuck004 Mar 2016 #3

Thank Bush, Biden and Clinton billhicks76 Mar 2016 #4

THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS kristopher Mar 2016 #7

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #8